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HANSARDTopical QuestionsRother Valley is a centre of enterprise in South Yorkshire, and it contains brilliant businessmen such as Mr Don Wightman, who is a manufacturing superhero. He, like his Member of…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsPublic appointments to Ofcom are of course a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. I should say that the hon. Gentleman…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the Prime Minister is absolutely right. I think my right hon. Friend has been doing a great job as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Looking at the last 12…27 May 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaI am looking forward to visiting north Wales and, I hope, my hon. Friend’s constituency, later this summer. One of the things I want to do is make sure that every aspect of…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is a great champion of widening opportunity and has done a fantastic job in ensuring that equality is taken more seriously across Government. The campaign…27 May 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and Accrington and Oswaldtwistle could not have a better advocate. She is absolutely correct to point out that we need not just new investment…27 May 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaMy right hon. Friend, as ever, is spot on. As well as being a brilliantly effective advocate for business, he is also someone with a distinguished former career in education,…27 May 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. He is a brilliantly effective advocate for Nottinghamshire and the people he serves. Indeed, investment in HS2 is critical to levelling up.…27 May 2021HANSARDVoter ID: EnfranchisementThe hon. Lady makes two important points. Obviously, as we emerge from covid concentrating on recovery in public services is important, and she is absolutely right to say that…27 May 2021HANSARDVoter ID: EnfranchisementOh yes, absolutely.27 May 2021HANSARDVoter ID: EnfranchisementWe are not seeking to emulate America; we are seeking to emulate the Labour Government who introduced a form of photographic identification for voters in Northern Ireland when…27 May 2021HANSARDVoter ID: EnfranchisementThe hon. Lady makes an important point. It is incumbent on local authorities like her excellent local authority in Lewisham to work to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to…27 May 2021HANSARDVoter ID: EnfranchisementThe hon. Lady makes a very important point. It is integral to our democracy that everyone has the chance to vote and to have their voice heard, and research commissioned by the…27 May 2021HANSARDCivil Service Jobs Outside LondonI am tempted to say that it is rather like the judgment of Paris. In choosing between Stourbridge or Wolverhampton or Walsall, it is almost as though one is choosing between three…27 May 2021HANSARDMinisterial Code: Potential BreachesThe independent adviser on Ministers’ interests publishes an annual report setting out the work he has undertaken.27 May 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaMy hon. Friend will know that the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care was in Cornwall earlier this week. He spoke from Cornwall at the Cabinet meeting emphasising the…27 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government ContractsIt is already Government policy to adopt and encourage greater transparency in their commercial activity. Of course, central Government buyers must publish all their qualifying…27 May 2021HANSARDCivil Service Apprenticeship TargetsI have been having lots of discussions with relevant stakeholders on apprenticeship targets. We must do much better on getting more apprentices into the civil service.27 May 2021HANSARDCivil Service Apprenticeship TargetsMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. We are currently reviewing, as part of preparation for new procurement legislation, exactly how we can ensure that there is a…27 May 2021HANSARDDigital Services across GovernmentThe pandemic must be a catalytic moment when we use digital transformation to sharpen up how we deliver services to citizens and drive leaner, more efficient and, indeed, more…27 May 2021